Identifying Inappropriate & Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Children and Young People Workshop

Target Staff:

This course is aimed at all front line practitioners and managers working with children and young people.

Attendees: Maximum number of attendees- 25

Course Duration: One and a half hours

Course Aim: To increase professionals' confidence in consistently identifying potentially harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people and understanding levels of concern in respect of this.

Learning Outcomes - By the end of this course participants will be able to: 

• Begin to understand a ‘common language’ and terminology around Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) in children and young people
• Understand some of the challenges that may occur when identifying HSB
• Understand the difference between HSB and normal sexual development in children and young people and begin to think about the context in which HSB may arise
• Understand how to use Hackett’s continuum to identify potential levels of concern about HSB